Plan your weekend with my weekly list of things to do around Harrisburg and central PA! Scroll down or use the menu links to find ideas for your weekend.
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Need something NEW to do? Oktoberfest celebrations start at LBC Harrisburg. HU presents PORTUGAL. The Man (NOTE: Cage the Elephant postponed until Monday.) Shop local with Cumberland County Best Kept Secrets Tour.
(Still) Worth noting: Check out my private Facebook community, Cheers Harrisburg. You can join the convo here.
Things on my agenda this weekend: Last-min travel to Pittsburgh for family, then home for visiting family.
Don’t forget to support your local brewery! Click here to find one near you.
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- Wednesday, Sept. 29 – I’m doing an IG LIVE with Allie Doran from Miss Allie’s Kitchen, as we talk tapas (from her cookbook!) and Radio Boka wine (a super affordable and drinkable tempranillo).
- Thursday, Sept. 30 – SoMa Block Party in downtown Harrisburg
For your weekend planning:
- Sign-up for a FREE car seat safety check
- It’s Hunger Action Month: Become a Friend of PA Eats
- Shop these great local markets.
- View our local Restaurant Directory
- Local Brewery, Winery, & Cidery Directory
- See what else you missed on the blog.
Below are options for your weekend.
Top Weekend Recs
- Pick-up a perfect fall beer
- You need new shoes – why not try to win some?
- Refresh with an Anti-Aging Treatment at Moxy #selfcare
- Explore the best local markets
- Pick up a local 6-pack and stream ? episodes of Poured in PA: The Series
COVID-19 Disclaimer: Masking and social distancing policies may vary per business, venue, and event. Please be considerate, follow the rules, and be nice. And tip extra!
Thursday
- Harrisburg University presents Cage The Elephant in Riverfront Park • POSTPONED UNTIL MONDAY 9/27
- Live @ The Shire: Sound Method at Boneshire Brew Works
- Harrisburg Restaurant Week 2021
- Mamma Mia! at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre
- Cumberland County Best Kept Secrets Tour begins
- Blaggards, Halfway to St. Paddy’s Day at The Englewood
Friday
- Learn @ Lunchtime with The State Museum of Pennsylvania: State Museum Perspectives
- Harrisburg Restaurant Week 2021
- Lancaster Brewing Co. Oktoberfest
- Mamma Mia! at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre
- Harrisburg University Presents An Evening with Dawes at XL Live
- Beer alert: Tattered Flag “Puppy Chow” Release
- Cork & Pork II at SpringGate & SpringGate Arcona
- Los Lobos at Whitaker Center
- TMI IMPROV at Gamut Theatre
- Music in the Vines: THE WAVE QUARTET | Philadelphia Hoagie Company & Artisan Pizza at Cassel Vineyards of Hershey
- Cumberland County Best Kept Secrets Tour
- Funktion at The Englewood
- HYPE (VIBE RIDE) – Cycle Theme Ride TGIF! at H2L Studio
- Jonas Brothers at Hersheypark Stadium
Saturday
- Great Harrisburg Litter Cleanup
- PSU Extension Endless Summer: Fall Garden Seminar
- 35th Annual Apple Festival in New Cumberland
- Meadowbrooke Gourds Sunflower Festival
- 7th Annual Lititz Craft Beer Fest
- Ashcombe Fall Harvest Days
- Celebrate Wildwood
- 18th Annual Hershey Miracle 5k Race
- Roof Park 5K, 10K, & Relay
- West Shore YMCA Community Blood Drive
- Slate Hill Mennonite Church Community Blood Drive
- Lancaster Brewing Co. Oktoberfest
- Gettysburg’s 54th Fall Annual Outdoor Antique Show
- Popcorn Hat Players Present: Aesop’s Fables at Gamut Theatre
- Market on Chocolate
- The Coexist Farmers Market
- New Cumberland Farmers’ Market on 4th – Find more local markets here
- Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire
- Mamma Mia! at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre
- Pig Roast @ Millworks w/ Shrimp Band
- BOB 94.9 BIRTHDAY BASH @ XL LIVE
- Yoga in the Vineyards at Nissley Vineyards
- Swatara Sip N Stroll in September
- Flea Market/Crafts/Collectibles at Harrisburg River Rescue & Emergency Services
- Cork & Pork II at SpringGate & SpringGate Arcona
- Rock Against Cancer Benefit 2021
- Fantastic Fungi and Where to Find Them at Ned Smith Center for Nature & Art
- Music in the Vines: JOE COONEY AND FRIENDS | Philadelphia Hoagie Company & Grappling Crab Shack at Cassel Vineyards of Hershey
- Cumberland County Best Kept Secrets Tour
- The Jellybricks at The Englewood
- North Street Supper Club at Rubicon
- WWE Supershow at GIANT Center
- Nate Bargatze at Hershey Theatre
Sunday
- Woofstock
- Just Plain Yoga Virtual Monthly Yin Yoga
- Jazz Brunch at The Englewood
- This One’s For You! Honoring Steve Rudolph at Whitaker Center
- Lancaster Brewing Co. Oktoberfest
- Sunday Family Day at Stumpy’s Hatchet House Hershey
- Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire
- Mamma Mia! at Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre
- Ashcombe Fall Harvest Days
- Meadowbrooke Gourds Sunflower Festival
- 7th Annual Lititz Craft Beer Fest
- Harrisburg Hershey Promise Walk 2021
- HYP Book Club: “State of Wonder”
- Cork & Pork II at SpringGate & SpringGate Arcona
- Pop-Up Plant Bar at SpringGate Vineyard & Winery
- Pride Festival of Central PA Benefit Show
- Open Mic Sundays at Cassel Vineyards of Hershey
- Cumberland County Best Kept Secrets Tour
- Arsenal v. Tottenham | Gooners v. Cancer Day of Giving
- Ride & Reset: Cycle/Yoga Combo Class at H2L Studio
- Reiki Training: Level 2 Certification at H2L Studio
- Nate Bargatze at Hershey Theatre
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